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Kiva R. Healthy Living Professional

Gila Wilderness, New Mexico
I'm an herbalist/herbwife in the Anima Medicine Woman Tradition, which is to say that my practice is focused on local plants, sustainability, whole person/whole plant understandings and earthy, practical ways of teaching people to work with the plants themselves rather than being dependent on... Full Bio
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21st Century Herbalist – Review Copies & Discounts by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine 21st Century Herbalists Book Now Shipping The first shipments of our new book 21st Century Herbalists have mailed out, with more following soon, and everyone ... Read on »
The Folk Herbal Tribe by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine The Folk Herbal Tribe by Jesse Wolf Hardin www.AnimaCenter.org   www.HerbalResurgence.org Whether we realize it or not, we are – as clinicians, gardeners, f ... Read on »
21st Century Herbalists Book Wholesale Offer by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine 21st Century Herbalists Book Special Wholesale Offer — Herbalist Interviews Books Shipping Soon —- We just got word from our printers that softco ... Read on »
A Daily Devotion: Passion, Purpose, and Practice for the Herbalist by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine A Daily Devotion:  Passion, Purpose, & Practice for the Herbalist by Kiva Rose Hardin “You too can be carved anew by the details of your devotion” -Mary Oliver ... Read on »
Luminarias: Giving Voice to Folk Herbalism by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Reflections by Kiva Rose Inspired by the Book “21st Century Herbalists” www.PlantHealerMagazine.com I took the opportunity to reread all the amazing co ... Read on »
Juliet Blankespoor – Herbalist Interview by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine The following is a 2,600 words-long excerpt of a great Plant Healer interview Wolf conducted with herbalist/gardener/teacher Juliet Blankespoor. You can look forward to a ... Read on »
21st Century Herbalists – New Book of Interviews Releases by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Now Available To PreOrder, Retail or Wholesale Jesse Wolf Hardin in intimate conversation with 21 of the most intriguing herbalists and foragers of our times: ... Read on »
Plant Healer Spring Issue Sneak Peek by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Plant Healer Magazine cover – Spring 2013 Plant Healer Spring Issue SNEAK PEEK   –Releases March 4th– The Spring issue of Plant Healer Magazine rele ... Read on »
Divergent Streams: Herbalism & The Mainstream by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine DIVERGENT STEAMS OF HERBALISM Alternative Healing & The Mainstream by Jesse Wolf Hardin Excerpted from Wolf’s upcoming book “Plant Healers and Wisdom ... Read on »
Announcing: Free Sample Issue of Plant Healer Magazine by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Announcing: A Free Sample Issue of Plant Healer Magazine PDF Download Gift 140 Pages, 20 Complete Articles, Over 250 Illustrations “Plant Healer is amazing… th ... Read on »
An Insider’s Look at First Aid with 7Song by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine 7Song and I at the very first Herbal Resurgence Rendezvous, photo by the very lovely Linda Saboe In my clinical practice I have seen everything from widespread i ... Read on »
Sam Coffman & The Herbal Resurgence by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Sam Coffman & The Herbal Resurgence –Herbal Resurgence Rendezvous – Near The Grand Canyon – Sept 19th-22nd– by Jesse Wolf Hardin www.HerbalResurgence.org ... Read on »
Winter Wildcrafting, Roots Music, and An Evergreen Liqueur by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Some may feel trapped indoors during the cold moons, but I enjoy both the warm respite by the wood stove and the chilly adventures out into the Junipers and Pines to g ... Read on »
Whether To Be a Professional or Not, Choosing Our Path – Part II by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Whether To Be a Professional or Not Choosing Our Path – Part II  ————- Professionalism At Its Best, A Defense of Amateurism, Adepts, & Standards We Can ... Read on »
2013 Herbal Resurgence Rendezvous by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine   Howie Brounstein and Rebecca Altman at the 2012 Herbal Resurgence Registration Opens Tickets are now open for the 2013 Herbal Resurgence Rendezvous (form ... Read on »
The Medicine Woman’s Vision: In Picture and Story by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine As any of you who have been following this blog for any length of time know, my partner Wolf is an incredible artist, and has created countless illustrations to accompan ... Read on »
Now Even HIS Mother Approves! – Herbalist Humor by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Nearly 300 full color pages that informs minds, warms hearts, and ruffles feathers. Winter Issue Releases Dec. 3rd www.PlantHealerMagazine.com (spread ... Read on »
Becoming An Herbalist “Professional” or Not – Part 1 by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Whether To Become a Professional Herbalist or Not Choosing Our Path – Part I by Jesse Wolf Hardin excerpted from a longer article in the upcoming Winter iss ... Read on »
Creek Indian Medicine, PHM Excerpt by Phyllis Light by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Creek Indian Medicine by Phyllis D. Light Intro: Phyllis is one of the more naturally insightful herbalists we know, as well as one of the few in our community ble ... Read on »
Plant Healer Sneak Peek… & Community Alert by Kiva R. Healthy Living ProfessionalComplimentary & Alternative Medicine Posted in: Blog Posts in Complementary & Alternative Medicine Plant Healer Sneak Peek… & Community Alert Releasing Dec. 3rd is the Winter issue of Plant Healer, Issue #9, continuing our mission to not only inform and in ... Read on »